Use ditto to Copy Files & Directories Intelligently from the Mac Terminal

OS X Daily
By Paul HorowitzJun 11, 2014, 3:12 pm5.3k ptsInsanely Great
Most longtime command line users rely on the cp command to copy files and directories, but Mac OS X offers another solution with the ‘ditto’ command. Ditto is slightly more advanced but can be advantageous to ‘cp’ for several reasons, as it not only preserves ownership attributes and permissions but…

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